Ghostty Alternatives

Ghostty is described as 'Cross-platform terminal emulator combining fast GPU acceleration, native UI, and modern features for interactive CLI environments, fully compliant' and is a popular terminal emulator in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ghostty for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Ghostty alternative is Tabby, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghostty are Termux, Windows Terminal, MobaXterm and iTerm2.

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Ghostty alternatives are mainly Terminal Emulators, but if you're looking for Shells or SSH Clients you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Ghostty.
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  1. Rumus icon
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    An AI-native terminal for developers. Manage servers, automate commands, and run agentic tasks — all in one beautifully designed, cross-platform workspace.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. mTerm icon
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    A native macOS terminal emulator. Opinionated, GPU-accelerated, focused.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Saggar icon
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    A native Mac terminal that keeps projects, sessions, and attention organized. Saggar tracks what is working, waiting, finished, and failed, then brings the sessions that need you to the front.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Online
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  4. Termio icon
     1 like

    Modern terminal and SSH manager with AI, workspaces, and full privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. devglow icon
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    devglow is a macOS menu bar app that replaces terminal tabs, pm2, and port killer utilities for local development. It lets you register any shell command — whether it's Next.js, Vite, Hugo, Rails, Flask, Cargo, Go, or Docker — and manage everything from a single interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Beam Terminal icon
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    Beam is a terminal organizer for macOS that helps developers manage multiple terminal sessions across different projects.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Qonsole icon
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    "A Quake-like Console Emulator." Proudly under the MIT License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Rio Terminal icon
     2 likes

    Hardware-accelerated terminal emulator using WebGPU for smooth high frame rates, customizable GPU usage, asynchronous Rust foundation, efficient redux-based rendering, WebAssembly extensibility for tab systems, and both desktop and browser support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Flatpak
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  9. BossTerm icon
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    Pure Kotlin terminal emulator. Works with SSH and PTY.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  10. DumbTerm icon
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    A stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator, with common tools and Starship enabled (via Docker)!

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  11. TEXTREME icon
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    TEXTREME is a lively, animated text editor with the feel of a retro videogame complete with sounds and game-like visual effects. The screen shakes as you type while particle effects decorate new characters.

    102 TEXTREME alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. vnm_terminal is a free, open-source terminal emulator for Windows and Linux, with GPU-accelerated rendering and one terminal session per window.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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